Our erstwhile experts love pumping up the fear factor. It’s a simple equation: Fear2 = Love of Money3. Worked spectacularly with the 911 anthrax lab-escape - now look what we’ve got - Covid-19 - the fear-monger’s wet-dream.

In the throes of manifesting that wet dream our heroes are still not satiated. They dream of more perversions... bigger ones: "This pandemic has been very severe” Mike Ryan huffs, reaches for the tissue box - “But this is not necessarily the big one."